complete verse (Joshua 6:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 6:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people smashed/destroyed everything in that city including men and women, young and old. They killed all cattle, sheep and donkeys.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword all the men, women, young men, old men, and cows and oxen, sheep and donkeys that were in that city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They offered the city entirely to the LORD by-means-of killing the men and women, elderly/[lit. old-ones] and children, and including the cows, sheep, and donkeys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They killed every living thing in the city—men and women, young people and old people, even cattle and sheep and donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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